Single-player games like Rumor Reporter
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rumor Reporter, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Night Book
Single-player alternative to Rumor Reporter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rumor Reporter.
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Rumor Reporter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rumor Reporter.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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A Case of Distrust
Single-player alternative to Rumor Reporter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rumor Reporter.
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Rumor Reporter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rumor Reporter.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to Rumor Reporter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rumor Reporter.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Rumor Reporter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rumor Reporter.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Rumor Reporter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Rumor Reporter.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Rumor Reporter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rumor Reporter.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.